Intercontinental Hotels Group confirms data breach

(FOX 13) - A hotel chain with popular vacation and business travel locations confirmed its visitors' credit and debit card information may have been hacked.

In December, Intercontinental Hotels Group said it was investigating a possible data breach. It confirmed Tuesday that customers' payment card information from 12 of the company's hotels likely ended up in the wrong hands.

Intercontinental says only payment cards used at the restaurants and bars of the 12 hotels between August and December were affected.